[clue-talk] [ANN] Bantam: a lightweight file manager for X11

[Matt Gushee]

Joseph A. Nagy, Jr. wrote:

> It seems to me that the Gentoo FM would be one that meets your needs,

Nope. Checked that one out too. Same-old-same-old. Why 2 panels? When 
any decent GUI toolkit (and some indecent ones) enables you to have any 
number you need. Maybe I'm just strange, but I often need 3 or more panels.

But thanks for playing!

> btw,
> might want to change the name of the project (Bantam Books might take
> objection).

Ugh. I hope not. I did search for other software projects named Bantam, 
and didn't find any. Didn't occur to me to worry about publishers. I 
don't see how they could have a legal leg to stand on, since my thing is 
clearly not at all like a publishing company. But I also know that if a 
big corporation decides to take legal action against a little guy, they 
don't have to be able to win in court.

Anyway, it's damn near impossible to find a name that is both attractive 
and hasn't been used for something. I suppose I could come up with some 
kinda fake African name like "Ubuntu"[*], but, I don't know ... I'm not 
African, don't have any significant ties with Africa, so it just 
wouldn't seem right.

Thanks for your comments.


[*] Well, I guess that one is a real African word, but I still say its
     usage by a British software company is pretentious.

--
Matt Gushee
Englewood, CO, USA